Etobicoke North (federal electoral district)

For the provincial electoral district, see Etobicoke North (provincial electoral district).

Etobicoke North

Ontario electoral district
Etobicoke North in relation to other electoral districts in Toronto (2013 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Kirsty Duncan Liberal
District created	1976
First contested	1979
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021) [1]	116,003
Electors (2015)	67,544
Area (km²) [2]	51
Pop. density (per km²)	2,274.6
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto

Map of Etobicoke North

Etobicoke North (French : Etobicoke-Nord) is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented by one Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. It covers the neighbourhood of Rexdale, in the northern part of the Etobicoke district of Toronto.

The riding was created in 1976 from parts of Etobicoke and York West. In the House of Commons, the riding has been represented by Liberal Kirsty Duncan since 2008.

Geography

The riding consists of the northwestern part of the City of Toronto. The eastern boundary is the Humber River East Branch and the Humber River from Steeles Avenue West south to a point just to the east of the Dixon Road. The southern boundary runs west from the Humber River along Dixon Road to Martin Grove Road to Eglinton Avenue to the western limit of the city. The western and northern limits of the ridings are formed by the city limits.

In addition to Rexdale, the riding also contains the neighbourhoods of The Elms, Humberwood, Kingsview Village, Thistletown, and Willowridge.

This riding gained territory from Etobicoke Centre during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Former boundaries

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  1976 to 1987
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  1987 to 1996
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  1996 to 2003
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  2003 to 2015

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, Etobicoke North has a population of 56,625, an increase of 3.6% between 2006 and 2011. 47% of families are couples with children, while 28% of families are couple without children, and 25% are Lone-parent families. The most common structures of occupied private dwellings are single-detached houses at 39.5%, and Apartment buildings that have 5 or more storeys at 36.1%. ^[3]

The 2011 National Household Survey addressed households, immigration/migration, ethnocultural, education, labour force, and income/shelter factors. In terms of immigration, 54% of Etobicoke North residents are 1st generation, 30.9% are 2nd generation, and 14.6% are third generation Canadian or over. There were large waves of immigration to the area between 1991 and 2011, consisting of a total of 16,560 people. The largest number of immigrants to the area were born in India at 8.7%, followed by Italy, Jamaica, Pakistan, Philippines, Guyana, Poland, United Kingdom, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. The majority of recent immigrants residing in Etobicoke North were born in India, and 57.7% of the population are visible minorities. ^[4]

The top Mother tongue is English, followed by Italian, then Punjabi. 4.0% of the population has no knowledge of English or French. ^[3]

While 75% of residents of Etobicoke North have obtained a certificate, diploma, or degree, 25% of the population hold no certificate, diploma, or degree. ^[4]

The average household income in 2010 was $72,100, and the average individual income was $32,995, with an unemployment rate of 10.0%. ^[4]

According to the 2021 Canadian census ^[5]

Languages: 44.4% English, 7.0% Punjabi, 4.3% Gujarati, 4.0% Spanish, 2.7% Somali, 2.7% Italian, 2.4% Tagalog, 2.3% Urdu, 2.1% Assyrian, 1.7% Tamil, 1.6% Arabic, 1.5% Hindi, 1.0% Vietnamese, 1.0% Portuguese

Religions: 50.3% Christian (24.4% Catholic, 2.8% Pentecostal, 1.9% Christian Orthodox, 1.4% Anglican, 1.1% Baptist, 18.7% Other), 14.9% Muslim, 14.3% Hindu, 7.0% Sikh, 1.6% Buddhist, 11.3% None

Median income: $32,400 (2020)

Average income: $39,760 (2020)

Panethnic groups in Etobicoke North (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021 [6]		2016 [7]		2011 [8]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
South Asian	32,480	28.21%	33,825	28.92%	34,910	30.07%
African	27,635	24.01%	27,370	23.4%	24,630	21.22%
European [lower-alpha 1]	24,390	21.19%	27,875	23.83%	30,855	26.58%
Southeast Asian [lower-alpha 2]	7,685	6.68%	6,470	5.53%	6,495	5.59%
Middle Eastern [lower-alpha 3]	6,685	5.81%	6,500	5.56%	5,020	4.32%
Latin American	6,270	5.45%	5,600	4.79%	4,935	4.25%
East Asian [lower-alpha 4]	2,055	1.79%	2,270	1.94%	2,510	2.16%
Indigenous	595	0.52%	590	0.5%	760	0.65%
Other/multiracial [lower-alpha 5]	7,325	6.36%	6,470	5.53%	5,985	5.16%
Total responses	115,120	99.24%	116,960	99.09%	116,090	98.72%
Total population	116,003	100%	118,040	100%	117,601	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Etobicoke North Riding created from Etobicoke and York West
31st	1979–1980		Roy MacLaren	Liberal
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988		Robert Pennock	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993		Roy MacLaren	Liberal
35th	1993–1996
	1996–1997		Roy Cullen
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011		Kirsty Duncan
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Etobicoke North (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Kirsty Duncan	21,201	59.6	-1.8	$71,639.16
	Conservative	Priti Lamba	8,866	24.9	+2.7	$81,543.28
	New Democratic	Cecil Peter	3,708	10.4	-0.4	none listed
	People's	Jim Boutsikakis	1,473	4.1	+1.3	$0.00
	Independent	Carol Royer	316	0.9	–	$7,250.71
Total valid votes/Expense limit			35,564	–	–	$107,272.58
Total rejected ballots			494
Turnout			36,058	50.2
Eligible voters			71,876
Source: Elections Canada [9]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Kirsty Duncan	26,388	61.4	-1.01	$67,270.39
	Conservative	Sarabjit Kaur	9,524	22.2	-0.80	none listed
	New Democratic	Naiima Farah	4,654	10.8	-1.61	none listed
	People's	Renata Ford	1,196	2.8	-	none listed
	Green	Nancy Ghuman	1,080	2.5	+1.25	none listed
	Canada's Fourth Front	Sudhir Mehta	104	0.2	-	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			42,946	100.0
Total rejected ballots			565
Turnout			43,511	58.8
Eligible voters			73,970
	Liberal hold		Swing		-0.11
Source: Elections Canada [10] [11]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Kirsty Duncan	26,251	62.41	+19.84	$69,670.96
	Conservative	Toyin Dada	9,673	23.00	-8.96	$60,237.66
	New Democratic	Faisal Hassan	5,220	12.41	-11.21	$37,513.09
	Green	Akhtar Ayub	524	1.25	+1.08	$1,558.16
	Marxist–Leninist	Anna Di Carlo	232	0.55		–
	No affiliation	George Szebik	164	0.39	–	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			42,064	100.00		$201,932.10
Total rejected ballots			257	0.61	–
Turnout			42,321	62.18	–
Eligible voters			68,063
	Liberal hold		Swing		+14.40
Source: Elections Canada [12] [13]

2011 federal election redistributed results [14]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	14,929	42.57
	Conservative	11,208	31.96
	New Democratic	8,283	23.62
	Others	594	1.69
	Green	59	0.17

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Kirsty Duncan	13,665	42.4	-6.2
	Conservative	Priti Lamba	10,357	32.1	+2.0
	New Democratic	Diana Andrews	7,630	23.7	+8.0
	Libertarian	Alex Dvornyak	208	0.7	-4.1
	Marxist–Leninist	Anna Di Carlo	189	0.6	-0.4
	Christian Heritage	John C. Gardner	186	0.6	–
Total valid votes			32,235	100.0
Total rejected ballots			279	0.9	+0.2
Turnout			32,514	52.5
Eligible voters			61,930	–	–

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Kirsty Duncan	15,244	48.6	-13.0	$54,827
	Conservative	Bob Saroya	9,436	30.1	+7.8	$64,024
	New Democratic	Ali Naqvi	4,940	15.7	+5.1	$35,653
	Green	Nigel Barriffe	1,460	4.7	+2.1	$2,242
	Marxist–Leninist	Anna Di Carlo	300	1.0	+0.4
Total valid votes/expense limit			31,380	100.0	$79,011
Total rejected ballots			214	0.68
Turnout			31,594

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roy Cullen	22,195	61.6	-1.7
	Conservative	Amanjit Khroad	8,049	22.3	+3.6
	New Democratic	Ali Naqvi	3,820	10.6	-1.6
	Green	Jan Havlovic	950	2.6	+0.6
	Progressive Canadian	Alexander T. Bussmann	526	1.5
	Independent	George Szebik	273	0.8	-0.2
	Marxist–Leninist	Anna Di Carlo	205	0.6	0.0
Total number of valid votes			36,018	100.0
Rejected ballots			246
Total number of votes			36,264

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roy Cullen	19,450	63.3	-9.3
	Conservative	Rupinder Nannar	5,737	18.7	-0.8
	New Democratic	Cesar Martello	3,761	12.2	+5.4
	Christian Heritage	William Ubbens	661	2.2
	Green	Mir Kamal	605	2.0
	Independent	George Szebik	309	1.0
	Marxist–Leninist	Anna Di Carlo	195	0.6
Total number of valid votes			30,718	100.0

v t e 2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roy Cullen	23,335	72.6	+10.7
	Alliance	Mahmood Elahi	6,273	19.5	+3.9
	New Democratic	Ana Maria Sapp	2,200	6.8	-2.5
	Communist	Elizabeth Rowley	347	1.1
Total valid votes			32,155	100.0

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

v t e 1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roy Cullen	22,236	61.8	+15.5
	Reform	Mario Luciani	5,597	15.6	-20.5
	Progressive Conservative	Sam Basran	4,276	11.9	+1.3
	New Democratic	Carmela Casso	3,350	9.3	+4.0
	Natural Law	Marilyn Pepper	174	0.5
	Marxist–Leninist	Mag Carson	168	0.5
	Canadian Action	Paul Schiwkow	156	0.4
Total valid votes			35,957	100.0

By-election on March 25, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roy Cullen	12,290	46.3	-9.3
	Reform	Joe Peschisolido	9,563	36.0	+17.2
	Progressive Conservative	Mario Annecchini	2,812	10.6	-8.2
	New Democratic	Maxine Caron	1,400	5.3	+1.6
	Christian Heritage	Ron Gray	284	1.1
	Abolitionist	John Turmel	104	0.4
	Independent	Sylvie Charbin	96	0.4
Total valid votes			26,549	100.0

v t e 1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roy MacLaren	28,015	55.6	+10.3
	Reform	Joe Peschisolido	9,470	18.8
	Progressive Conservative	Jane MacLaren	9,470	18.8	-15.8
	New Democratic	Carmela Sasso	1,839	3.7	-13.7
	National	Emanuele Danelon	661	1.3
	Libertarian	Daniel Hunt	363	0.7	-0.2
	Natural Law	Marilyn Pepper	353	0.7
	Independent	Antonio De Felice	105	0.2
	Marxist–Leninist	David Greig	104	0.2	+0.1
Total valid votes			50,380	100.0

v t e 1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roy MacLaren	22,618	45.3	+6.4
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Pennock	17,261	34.6	-5.9
	New Democratic	Ted Humphreys	8,645	17.3	-2.5
	Christian Heritage	William Ubbens	849	1.7
	Libertarian	Michael Beech	452	0.9	+0.2
	Independent	Gurdev Singh	75	0.2
Total valid votes			49,900	100.0

v t e 1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Pennock	22,713	40.5	+9.3
	Liberal	Roy MacLaren	21,840	38.9	-8.5
	New Democratic	David Robertson	11,136	19.8	-0.2
	Libertarian	Roger Hemsley	417	0.7	-0.3
Total valid votes			56,106	100.0

v t e 1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roy MacLaren	24,243	47.5	+7.8
	Progressive Conservative	David Lakie	15,954	31.2	-5.2
	New Democratic	Adrian Dorn	10,237	20.0	-3.2
	Libertarian	Alex Eaglesham	524	1.0	+0.5
	Marxist–Leninist	Gurdev Singh	75	0.1	0.0
	Independent	Khurshed Wadud	49	0.1
Total valid votes			51,082	100.0

v t e 1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Roy MacLaren	20,534	39.7
	Progressive Conservative	John Noel Hanna	18,886	36.5
	New Democratic	Adrian Dorn	12,017	23.2
	Libertarian	Ronald Vaughan	269	0.5
	Marxist–Leninist	Gurdev Singh	68	0.1
Total valid votes			51,774	100.0

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

• "Etobicoke North (federal electoral district) (Code 35024) Census Profile". 2011 census . Government of Canada - Statistics Canada . Retrieved March 3, 2011.
• Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

1. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
2. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
3. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
4. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
5. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

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2. Statistics Canada: 2011
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4. "Archived copy" (PDF). City of Toronto. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 29, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
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10. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
11. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
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13. Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits
14. Funke, Alice. "Etobicoke North, ON (2013 Rep. Order)". www.punditsguide.ca.

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